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GROVELAND, Fla., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Ventures Group, Inc. (OTCBB: EVGI), an emerging producer of diversified sustainable alternative energy and resources, today announced Germany-based Energiepark Suptitz GmbH ("EPS") has established new rapeseed supply agreements with several farmers in Eastern Europe. The Company on August 7 reported it had signed a Definitive Agreement to acquire EPS. The new, or expanded, supply agreements enable EPS to source more than 100,000...

MORRISVILLE, Vt., Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bourne's Energy is thrilled to announce a new milestone in Vermont's green energy history with the grand opening of the first local biofuel blending plant in the central Vermont area. Bourne's Energy was awarded a $45,000 grant through the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund to support the development of an injection blending operation for biodiesel, allowing it to supply B5, B10, B20 and B99.9 blends of fuel on-demand. The use of...

NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rabobank has published a new report on supply and demand dynamics in the global vegetable oil sector, predicting that production of vegetable oil will increase by 23 million tons in the next five years, of which 15 million tons will go toward food use. In the report, published by the bank's Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory group and titled "Finding the Food-Fuel Balance: Supply and Demand Dynamics in Global Vegetable Oil...

NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gushan Environmental Energy Limited ("Gushan" or the "Company"; NYSE: GU), a manufacturer of copper products and a producer of biodiesel in China, announced today that, at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held today (the "EGM"), the Company's shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to approve and adopt the previously announced agreement and plan of merger dated June 4, 2012, as amended on September 13, 2012 (the "Amended...

GROVELAND, Fla., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Ventures Group, Inc. (OTCBB: EVGI), an emerging producer of diversified sustainable alternative energy and resources, today announced Germany-based Energiepark Supitz GmbH ("EPS") has signed a contract to supply at least 90,000 metric tons of rapeseed oil to GGT Trading, Ltd, valued at a minimum EUR93 million, or approximately US$121 million, over the next 15 months. The Company August 7 reported it had signed a Definitive Agreement...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Investors in Paseo Biofuels, LLC, the Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) and Cargill today announced an expansion to the Paseo biodiesel plant in Kansas City, Mo. that will increase biodiesel production capacity by 40 percent. Using soybean oil as its primary feedstock, the facility, which opened in 2008, produces 40 million gallons of biodiesel and 30 million pounds of food-grade glycerin annually. The expansion is expected to be...

VICTORIA, Canada, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Five organizations have partnered to promote a healthy, green economy by completing a sustainable fuel loop! (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120928/CG83410) Starting in the spring of 2012, CVS Cruise Victoria, the Cowichan Bio-Diesel Co-operative, Greasecycle Inc., member lines of the North West & Canada Cruise Association and Tervita Corporation have worked together in a unique partnership with the common goal of...

DALLAS, September 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Global Vegetable Oil Market (Edible & Industrial), by Types, Application, Geography & Extraction Methods - Forecasts up to 2017" defines and segments the global vegetable oil market with analysis and forecasting of the global volume and revenue for major vegetable oils in particular. It also identifies driving and restraining factors for the global vegetable oil market with analysis of trends, opportunities,...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Fuel & Petrochemical Association (AFPM) offered its support to the "Stop RIN Fraud Act of 2012" (H.R. 6444), being introduced in the House of Representatives today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120125/MM41823LOGO) In a letter sent to the bill's co-sponsors, AFPM President Charles T. Drevna said, "The commonsense approach embedded in the legislation would protect the innocent victims of fraud and...

SINGAPORE, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sourced from agricultural products such as plant-based oils, animal fats and ethanol from naturally occurring sugar sources, biofuels are renewable chemicals and an environment-friendly alternative to crude oil-based fuels. Biodiesels emit fewer pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons, which conventional fuels such as petrol and diesel release in large quantities due to incomplete combustion...